Unit 2 Where is the post office?Language goals: In this unit students learn to talk about asking for and give directions on the street. New languages: Excuse me, is there a bank near here? Yes, there is. Its on Center Street. Where is the pay phone? Its across from / next to / in front of / behind the library. Its between the post office and the library. Just go straight and turn left. Turn left on First Avenue. Take a walk through the park on Center Avenue. There is a clean / dirty park near my house. Difficult points: 1. Listening for the information of the names of the neighborhood Read the tour guide and an e-mail from a friend youre going to visit. Write the dialogues about asking the way and giving directions. 2. Where questions. Affirmative statements Prepositions of place Teaching aids: A tape recorder Some pictures Teaching periods: Period 1: Section A1a, 1b, 1c Period 2: Section A2a, 2b, 2c Period 3: Section A3a, 3b, 4 Period 4: Section B 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c Period 5: Section B 3a, 3b, 3c, 4 Period 6: Self Check Period 1 Teaching aims: 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Target languages: Is there a bank near here? Yes, there is. Its on Center Street. 3. Enable the students to ask for and give directions on the street. 4. Help the students to ask for and give directions on the street. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Warming up Show three pictures prepared before class to the students. There is a cat in a box in picture 1. There is a cat on a box in picture 2. There is a cat under the box in picture 3. Then ask some students to ask and answer these questions. Step 2.Match work (2a)Ask the students to read the picture and the words in the numbered list. Ask the students to match each word or phrase on the list with one of the pictures. Then check the answers. Present the new sentence patterns. Then ask the students to read the dialogue in the picture. Step 3. Listening (1b) Ask the students to listen to the conversations and circle the places in 1a. Change the roles and do the same again. Then students ask and answer without the help of the recording. Step 4. Practice Point to the different locations shown in the picture. Ask different students to name each one. Then point to more locations and let the students to practice more. Homework 1. Practice the conversation in the picture on page 7. 2. Learn the new words and phrases in this period by heart. Period 2 Teaching aims: 1. Learn the vocabulary words and useful expressions. 2. Target languages: The pay phone is across from the library. The pay phone is next to the library. The pay phone is between the post office and the library. The pay phone is on Greet Street. The pay phone is in front of the library. The pay phone is behind the library. 3. Enable the students to talk about the position of a place. 4. Help the students to talk about the position of a place. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision and warming up Check the homework by talking about the pictures on page 7 with the students or prepare some other pictures with different buildings in it and let the students practice asking and answering questions about the places. Ask the students to practice more. Step 2. Presentation (2a) Introduce the items across from, next to, between, in front of, behind and on. Draw the following picture on the blackboard. Park 3 Centre Street Encourage or help the students to answer: Its across from the library. The same way goes with next to, on and in front of. Ask the students to match each sentence with one of the pictures. Then ask the students to read the six sentences and match the sentences the pictures. Check the answers. Step 3. Listening(2b) Review the buildings and street names in Activity 1a and the six sentences in 2a. The read the six sentences in 2b to the class. Ask the students to listen to the recording and fill in the blanks. Play the tape. Check the answers. Step 4. Practice (2c) Ask the students to repeat the conversations after the recording. Ask the students to do the Pair work asking and answering questions about the places in 1a. Step 5.Grammar Focus Ask the students to read the sentences in the grammar box aloud. The ask them to answer the following questions. Explain some language points if the students cant understand. Homework Ask the students to practice talking about their neighborhood in pairs. Period 3 Teaching aims: 1. Teach vocabulary words. 2. Target languages: Just go straight and turn left. Its down Bridge Street on the right. Its next to a supermarket. 3. Enable the students to talk about the neighborhood. 4. Help the students to talk about the neighborhood. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision Let the students look at the picture in activity 1a. And ask some students to answer some questions in order to check the homework. Say, Is there a library near here? Where is it? Is there a bank near here? Where is it? Put up the picture of activity 2a on the blackboard and ask them to